I am back from my business trip. Very happily--although not terribly mindfully--back home. I had two whole friends who were willing to accompany me to raw places while I was in NY! I am a lucky lady. Here are some gratuitous photos of raw food masquerading as cooked food, a concept which one of my friends took exception to. Why does the raw food have to mimic cooked food, he asked the waitress. I can see his point. At the same time, I pointed out, if what you want is raw food not mimicking cooked food, I will buy you an avocado and cut it in half and give it to you with a spoon.
In any case, the extent to which a raw food restaurant reverse engineers regular food varies to some extent. I think it's mostly about familiarity. We could call it "dehydrated slab of mushed nuts and seeds" to make it unique, but "raw veggie burger" just sounds more comforting. There are unique raw items, like "nutmeat," which is basically a dip made out of nuts and spices.
Without further ado:
"The most expensive meal I've ever paid for for two people." -Halfcatastrophe's boyfriend
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| Seaweed soup - served warm, likely made in a Vitamix |
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| Far: blueberry cheesecake Near: Sweet potato pie |
"Pretty good." -Halfcatastrophe's non-raw extremely good sport friend (hands pictured below).
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| Chips and dip - Me: the chips tasted like real corn! Non-raw friend: Regular corn chips taste like real corn. |
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| Far: Indian platter. Consumed in full by non-raw friend. Near: Mexican platter. |
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| From top left: coconut creme pie, pecan pie, chia seed pudding, pumpkin pie Non-raw friend: "they were kind of like a less-tasty version of what they're supposed to be." |
And finally:
My kitchen (Atlanta):
"Holy shit I just made milk out of pumpkin seeds." -Halfcatastrophe
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| Baby's first vitamixperiment |
Yes, my kitchen counts as a raw food restaurant, or at least it is on its way there.
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